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1 person dies in crash in Germantown during storm

1 person dies in crash in Germantown during storm

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The state health department says a woman was killed in a related to the effects of , but county police say the accident may have other causes.

Health Secretary Joshua Sharfstein says the medical examiner confirms the Monday is storm-related. Sharfstein says the woman was killed when a car skidded on a wet road.

But Cpl. Paul Starks says that while the may have caused the accident, police haven’t made a determination or ruled out other factors. He says it was raining in Germantown when the crash occurred shortly after 11:30 a.m., and the road was wet.

Police say a car crossed the center line and hit another car, killing its driver. Police identified her as 66-year-old Mai Ai Lam-Phan of Clarksburg. The driver of the other car and his passenger were injured.